Question by Shocker: Is there a reason why mobile networks wont offer unlimited mobile broadband?
Internet providers through phone lines offer these packages, and as they have high speed you could be downloading major amounts of data, where as with mobile broadband networks, bandwidth is not good and speeds are crap so why not offer unlimited download anyway, as you cannot download a great deal of data quickly? Is this to make huge profit on people who go over their limit? USA networks offer unlimited, shame uk or ireland wont do it.
Any particular reason or do u think they ever will?
Best answer:
Answer by Paul_Vodafone
Hi Shocker,
I’m part of Vodafone’s Web Relations team and would like to offer some help and advice.
Mobile Broadband is different from a fixed line as the bandwidth is more finite than you see with fixed line providers.
All the networks have their own USB dongles connecting to the network, as well as thousands, if not millions of mobile internet users who are connecting via their handsets.
If unlimited download options were offered across the board, there would be congestion at network level which would further degrade the experiences of the user.
Currently, we’ve embarked upon a program to enhance our network data speeds, and we’re aiming for 14.4 Mbps as the maximum.
As with fixed line broadband though, the speed you can achieve will depend on how far from the server you are, and this will always be the case.
At Vodafone, we do offer an unlimited download option for business users, so if this is something you’d be interested in then we could have a chat about it.
You haven’t mentioned who your mobile broadband is with, but if you’re looking for a contract then we can help.
Feel free to contact me using the link below; please include MMM135 in the subject field so that the email comes directly through to my team.
http://bit.ly/1h8KuG
Paul
Vodafone Web Relations Team
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